Fabric for matting.



N. TERASHIMA.

FABRIC FOR MATTING. APPLICATION FILED MAILZO, 101a.

1,096,404. Pa ented May 12, 1914.

WITNESSES INVENTOR W a Q L W.

6 3M; 1 a Alluring s UNITED srarns raTENT OFFICE.

NOBORU TERASHIMA, 0F SHINNAKADORI, WAKAYAMA-SHI, JAPAN.

FABRIC FOR MATTING. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed March 20', 1913. Serial No. 755,676.

or sedges, etc., are put together, added by' even stocks one after another to a certain length, and a thread or a wire is spirally wrapped over the body to form a continuous strand, and two-or more such strands are twisted together into a string for weft, and then such string is woven. into the warp threads which are properly spaced apart with respect to one another.

The invention has for object to produce a fabric of elastic and substantial quality, and also to give the fabric a beautiful appearance by inter-union of said wrapping threads and warps.

In the accompanying drawingsz Figure 1 shows a plan of this invention; Fig; 2 a cross section; Fig. 3, a magnified view of the weft used in the present invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In practice, several of such fibrous pieces (1) as rushes, or straws or sedges are put together, added by series of individual stock of even quantity, so that the'extremities of one overlaps those of the adjoining one, and around the body thereof a thread or a wire is spirally wrapped to form-a continuous strand, and to this strand a twist is 'ven for the purpose of keeping the threa s enwrapped thereon taut. these strands are now twisted together to form a string for weft as shown in Fig. 3, and such weft-string is woven into the warp Two or more of threads (3) which are properly spaced apart; for this end it is optional to use such string in a continuous length as shown in (X), or to use a number thereof separately as shown in (Y). In the production of this weft, several pieces of fibrous substance are put together, added by a set of even stocks one after another, and then the same is spirally wrapped with a thread to form a continuous strand and moreover two or more such strands are twisted together to form a string for weft as mentioned above; so that a fabric, in which such weft is made use of, is, of course, elastic and substantial and also shows a beautiful appearance by the interunion of the piece materials, wrapping threads and warps, as stated hereinbefore.

I laving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire by Letters Patent is 1. A fabric comprising a weft and warp, said weft consisting of a plurality of separate substrands, each separate substrand having a preliminary twist, each of said substrands composed of 'a plurality of over lapping pieces of fibrous vegetable material held together with a hinder, the said preliminary twist ti htening said binder, said twisted substran s twisted together forming said weft.

2. A strand composed of a plurality of substrands, said substrands composed of a plurality of overlappin pieces of fibrous vegetable material and aliinder around the same, said bound overlapping pieces having a preliminary twist whereby said binder 1s tightened, and said bound and twisted substrands twisted together to form said strand.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NOBORU TERASHIMA.

WVitnesses:

U HACIII ISHIWARA, H. F. HAWLEY. 

